So, what're you playing?

[Ingmar]

After finishing Arkham City, I decided to burn through Mass Effect 3 in between a season of Football Manager 2013 and whatever else I feel like playing.

3 hours in and I've barely played 20 minutes. The Tube is strong with this one. Also, Freddie Dudebro's character really annoys me as does Olivia Munn's reporter character. Hers in particular annoys me because it seems she had no aptitude for dialog AT ALL. The cover mechanic makes me want to stab little baby kittens. It's awkward as hell. The level design is truly tube-like and claustrophobic. Yet somehow, I'm very interested in the story with one caveat. Making the Council be complete fucking morons AGAIN and ignoring anything Shepherd says is just pants on head stupid. It stretches credulity entirely too far, then bends it over a stump and treats it like a pretty sow on the horny pigfucking farm. I'm not sure why I have to start all over again with a new crew, picking up crew members along the way. You couldn't take my save file and extrapolate new story with that crew? Seriously? You already track who is dead.

Kick her off your ship. The conesequences are minimal.

[PalmTrees]

I never took the reporter on board at all. Was there at the end of game memorial in the Normandy as if she'd been part of the crew and I was like who the hell is that?

Been dividing my time between Neverwinter and Swtor.

[lamaros]

I have no internet at home having just moved, so I downloaded Planescape: Torment from Gog.com with the last of my mobile data and I'm going to try and give it another go. Hopefully this time around I can appreciate the 'great story' without having to suffer through the 'walls and walls of text' boredom setting in.

I just need to work out how I can get all the mods downloaded without any data left...

[Jeff Kelly]

The reporter is voiced by Jessica Chobot not Olivia Munn (who'd probably have done a better job anyway)

[Tebonas]

I don't know if you can succeed there, lamaros. The walls and walls of text ARE the great story, mostly.

[Signe]

Starting SR3 tonight for xBox to see which version I want to pre-order.  I think I'd be okay with only Saint's Row and Borderlands games existing as long as there's several of both every year. 

[lamaros]

I don't know if you can succeed there, lamaros. The walls and walls of text ARE the great story, mostly.

Yeah I get that, but it's better when it's handed out a little more interactively in my experience. So far this time I seem to have avoided or not minded it as much as last time.

[rk47]

Finished Sleeping Dogs



Thank you hongky.

[rk47]

I have no internet at home having just moved, so I downloaded Planescape: Torment from Gog.com with the last of my mobile data and I'm going to try and give it another go. Hopefully this time around I can appreciate the 'great story' without having to suffer through the 'walls and walls of text' boredom setting in.

I just need to work out how I can get all the mods downloaded without any data left...

Shd've just downloaded terraria.

[lamaros]

Terraria is not for me.

[Llyse]

Shd've just downloaded terraria.

+1

Still working on Issue #7 of TSW And MWO but might start on Fallout:NV now that I have it...

[HaemishM]

The reporter is voiced by Jessica Chobot not Olivia Munn (who'd probably have done a better job anyway)

She's fucking awful.

[Rasix]

Pretty ignorable and not a really big part of the game.  I didn't spend much time with clay-faced Chobot.

Man, they sure are dragging out the last part of Borderlands 2.  On a positive note, at least I'll hit 31 with a bit of time to play with my slag turret.  I've finally started getting some decent drops, including a nice orange corrosive pistol and a legendary soldier mod.  Things are starting to take a lot of bullets to kill, however.  I don't have the best gun synergy, as I haven't gotten a good sniper rifle or SMG in forever.  

[Reborne]

Mainly playing Endless Space, Borderlands 2 and Defiance + loads of things in small amounts for Steam Cards.

Waiting on Defiance seems to have been the right thing to do as it isn't as buggy as I'd heard.
Not amazing so far, but amusing enough for the sale price.

I'm loving BL2 as Kreig, it is completely the oposite to how I normally play (sniper to melee) but since I don't need to worry about loot for the most part, money doesn't matter, so dying doesn't matter.
Just charge and keep killing till you die, which can be a surprisingly long time away with the help of some skills.

Signs are looking good that I will have time on the weekend to play more Zelda: Skyward Sword and maybe even finish the last couple of episodes of Sam & Max.

[satael]

I've been playing GTA:Episodes from Liberty City and it has been so much better than the original GTA4 (which I never could get very far into). One thing that impressed me once again is the city design and it just might be enough to make me buy GTA5 pretty soon after it's released just to see how they've improved on that.

[Zetor]

I've been playing a whole lot of GW2. That new achievement reward system is evil. I got to the 5k mark, though, so I'll probably take a break for a while.

Also played through Dishonored. Great game... it was a bit short, but still well worth the 66% steam sale price. My main gripe is how 80% of the cool gadgets and abilities are for murderizing people, but if you actually do murderize people, you get the 'bad ending'. Eh.

More than anything, though, I'm preparing for Shadowrun:Returns next week. Have been doing some preparatory work on my gaming group's epic SR4 shenanigans that I'll be converting to a SR:R campaign...

[Yegolev]

My main gripe is how 80% of the cool gadgets and abilities are for murderizing people, but if you actually do murderize people, you get the 'bad ending'. Eh.

This is everyone's main gripe.

Played some more New Leaf and then accidentally the power button.  Stupid 3DS.

Besides that, Path of Exile and GT5.  Nice loot finds in PoE continue, and I'm keeping the daily bonus relatively high in GT5 but there's no way in holy hell that I'll be able to get half of the museum cards before my PS3 dies.

I took the time yesterday to load up my PC with PS2 ISOs, to replace the ones I lost when the hard drive died (I don't backup ISO, no reason for that).  Played a bit more Atelier Iris 3, and once that's done I'm not sure where I'll go in PS2-land.  Maybe beat my head against SMT Nocturne or (gah) start Digital Devil Saga.  The reason for the sad grunt is that I had completed DDS1 - and I mean completed it - before importing the save into DDS2 on PS2.  This might be the event which causes me to try to get the PS2 saves off of whatever console they live on and somehow load them into PCSX2.  I haven't even looked to see if this is possible.

[Rendakor]

Shin Megami Tensei IV is really good. Only ~4 hours in but it's probably the best JRPG on the 3DS I've played. As an added bonus Nintendo is giving away $30 on the eShop if you register SMTIV and Fire Emblem on Club Nintendo.

[Yegolev]

Hmmm.

[Margalis]

Shin Megami Tensei IV is really good. Only ~4 hours in but it's probably the best JRPG on the 3DS I've played. As an added bonus Nintendo is giving away $30 on the eShop if you register SMTIV and Fire Emblem on Club Nintendo.

Yeah, this is a great deal. I own FE:A and was planning on getting SMTIV. I have a pretty large 3DS / Wii / WiiU backlog now. A lot of these games are quite meaty and I don't have that much time to play.

[Arinon]

Was on the fence about SMT IV and that pretty much seals the deal.  At least it will when I replace the anemic SD card in my 3DS right now.  Pretty sure FE and SMT IV on their own would be too large for the included card.

Can't be arsed to find out though.  Fuck 'blocks'.

[rk47]

I'm burning through New Vegas Ultimate over the weekend.
Lots of things to go through. I wouldn't call it a good gameplay, but the overall experience is pretty enjoyable. Lots of quantity... not high on quality - only in some parts, but OK. I finished Honest Hearts - not a very good DLC. And Lonesome Road - above average IMO.

80,000 caps and level 31.
Still want to see everything.

[Lucas]

Only halfway through episode 2, but The Walking Dead keeps gettin' better and better. 

[Mrbloodworth]

Just Waite for the regret to set in. ( Choices in game, not buying the game.)

[Lucas]

Yeah well, after this one particular scene I just went through, all I could do was hearing Paul's voice in my head sayin' "stick with the prod, JC!" 

[Sky]

I feel regret already, it's great how quick and thoroughly they pull you in. And the timer for choices really heightens that. Makes it into more of a natural reaction rather than a calculated one.

[Reborne]

More than anything, though, I'm preparing for Shadowrun:Returns next week. Have been doing some preparatory work on my gaming group's epic SR4 shenanigans that I'll be converting to a SR:R campaign...

Shadowrun is next week?
Fun times

Didn't do much Zelda on the weekend (stupid escort the stupid robot)
Instead I got sucked in to Prototype 2.
Story is bad and the ending is inconsistent but the gameplay was loads of fun.
I'm a sucker for things that make me feel unstoppable

[Cyrrex]

I feel regret already, it's great how quick and thoroughly they pull you in. And the timer for choices really heightens that. Makes it into more of a natural reaction rather than a calculated one.

I just finished chapter 2 myself, and I couldn't agree more.  I wish more games these days made you feel more accountable for your choices.  I feel kinda like shit for one of the decisions I made yesterday when


and then I made another questionable decision to try to make up for it.  And then did it fucking again.

It doesn't help things when you see that sad little girl looking at you, expecting you to do the right thing. 

[Rendakor]

Started playing Rogue Legacy last night; it's been so long since I've played a Metroidvania that I was dying nonstop. I did manage to kill the first boss, and now I'm not sure where to go since all of the enemies in the adjacent areas seem incredibly high level. The game is an absolute blast to play; fun and funny with the traits your characters are given.

Also still playing SMT IV; they released some more DLC stages yesterday: grinding levels for Macca and App Points, in addition to the one for Exp that's been out since launch. After running the App Points one twice I've unlocked the lion's share of the Apps including all of the demon stat growths, 8 skill slots for my demons and myself, and two levels of mp regen. I plan on running it at least once more tonight to finish unlocking everything that's available, and then I'm probably going to go nuts fusing demons (now that money is no longer an object thanks to the Macca stage). They also put out another low level armor set, but there's a catch. The eShop has the price listed as free, but when you try to buy it it's charging $0.99. I'm not sure which price is accurate so I'm holding off; I'm far enough in that it's probably not even an upgrade anymore so I'm not spending money on it.

[jth]

I live in Europe and recently imported a North American 3DS XL because region lock and games taking so long to reach Europe if they do at all. I was checking eBay for SMT IV today, but I didn't even consider eShop until you mentioned it. Quick googling suggests that a NA 3DS should connect to the US shop by default and I should be able to buy stuff even with an European credit card, which would be awesome (no shipping / taxes / customs hassles). I can't try it right now but I guess I'll find out tonight.

On topic: Finally started the BG1&2 (second) playthrough that I had been planning for years. I used the GOG modding guide to combine both games and expansions to one game in BG2 engine, installed the Unfinished Business addons and various fixes. The game feels just as great as it did when it was new, and there's a lot of nostalgia factor too since I used to play pen&paper (A)D&D in my youth, but compared to more recent games it can be harsh at times (which is fine by me). I did more or less ok though up to Chapter 5 where I went to Cloakwood as suggested by the main plot, and after a while getting slaughtered in pretty much every encounter there I decided to go grind for a while. Almost ready for a second attempt now.

[koro]

What kind of mods did you toss into the mix? Just BGT and some fixpacks, or did you go a bit more crazy with it?

[jakonovski]

I've been playing hte Secret World and GRID 2 whenever I get a chance. TSW scratches that MMO itch since nobody seems to make them anymore, and GRID 2 is a schizophrenic mix of arcade racing and Gran Turismo style games. I really wish someone went and made a game in the vein of Le Mans the movie.

[jth]

What kind of mods did you toss into the mix? Just BGT and some fixpacks, or did you go a bit more crazy with it?

Besides the fixes and resolution/widescreen mods I only installed the Unfinished Business addons, I left all completely fan-made stuff out for now.

[lamaros]

PS:T is going ok. It has its good moments, but the combat is seriously boring. You know it's no good when it makes you think of Dragon Age fondly... I think I'll put it down to the lowest difficulty just to make it less annoying. It's a shame the combat system is so dull, as it would be good to have something to give you a break from all the running back and forward.

Story is good though.

Really, the whole thing is making we wish we had PS:T in the Diablo 2 engine. Would be a far more interesting game if you had such a story dominated world with a much more direct combat system.

I know ARPGs always go for the loot-centric game design, but I think there's a bit of a hole in there between deeper stories w/ complex systems and simple stories with simple(r) systems. Why don't we have deep stories with the simpler systems too?

Oh wait, Dragon Age tried to be that and failed... it's because people suck at narrative design for games...

[rk47]

New Vegas succeeded I think.
Combat's simple.
Storyline, deep if you dig.